CX PRESENTS
Brilliant People Sharing the Unspoken
Brilliant People (working title) is an intimate event series that brings together extraordinary minds for conversations that don’t happen anywhere else. No panels, just real people sharing the things they rarely say out loud, the doubts, the breakthroughs, the invisible forces that shape their work and lives.
THE HOST
Peter Hopkins
Co-founder of Big Think and a lifelong convener of brilliant minds, Peter Hopkins has spent two decades capturing the ideas that shape our world. With Sharing the Unspoken, he turns the lens inward — creating a space where the people he knows best finally say the things they never do.
The Network
Decades of relationships with the world's most original thinkers — scientists, founders, artists, philosophers. The kind of people you don't find on a guest list.
The Trust
Peter doesn't interview people — he disarms them. The conversations go deeper because the trust is already there.
The Vision
Big Think made big ideas accessible. Sharing the Unspoken makes them personal. Same mission, different frequency.
THE FORMAT
Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unforgettable.
Each gathering is built around a theme, and from that theme flows an informal long-form dialogue. The result is something between a salon and a confession, and an intimate offering that feels rare and extremely valuable.
The Opening
A single question posed to the room. No right answer. Just the shared vulnerability of thinking out loud together.
The Sharing
Just two brilliant people having a conversation on the unspoken, a story, a lesson, a secret they've been carrying.
The Exchange
The room opens up. What was private becomes collective. Strangers become collaborators. The unspoken finds its voice.
THE ENERGY
Vulnerability × Connection × Discovery
The magic of Brilliant People isn’t in the speakers, it’s in the intimate space between them and the room. Made more alive with stories shared that have never been shared before.
Curated Guests
Founders, artists, scientists, creators — people whose work speaks for itself, invited to share what it doesn't say.
Intimate Setting
Small rooms. Warm light. No stages, no microphones — just proximity and presence. The setting is part of the experience.
The Ripple Effect
What's shared in the room doesn't stay in the room — it transforms how people think, connect, and create long after.
THE SPACE
WSA
161 Water Street, Downtown New York City. WSA is a creative hub reimagining the traditional office building as a multidisciplinary destination where work, culture, and community intersect — exhibition spaces, production studios, and event spaces under one roof. The kind of space where ideas don’t just get shared. They land differently.
Synchronicity of Need
WSA has the venue and a community hungry for programming. We have a world-class network of speakers and brilliant minds ready to fill it. The fit isn’t forced — it’s inevitable.
Flexibility
This series can shape-shift — from intimate salon talks to dinner party conversations held inside WSA’s soon-to-launch restaurant, where ideas are shared over meals and we drive press and traffic to both the series and the space.
Consistency
A reliable, high-quality event series that benefits current WSA tenants, draws new people into the ecosystem, and gives press, influencers, and celebrities a reason to show up — whether to speak, listen, or drop in and elevate the room.
What an Evening Looks Like
The most brilliant thing
a person can do
is share what they usually don’t.